Come Unto Me
Over the last twenty years, I have had the immense pleasure and responsibility to preach the gospel of Christ to those who live across the country...
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The Heart of a Servant
What makes a servant? What motivates a person to serve God and others? What is there about the heart of this person which sets him apart...
Read more Degrees of Punishment and Reward
Sometimes people wonder whether there will be degrees, or different levels of severity of the punishment meted out to lost individuals after...
Read more Put Down the Phone and Worship!
One of the questions we deal with this evening was submitted by a person who is bothered by seeing members, during worship, not focused on God and...
Read more Confidence in the Providence of God
Like you, I have heard denominational people talk of how God had “led” them to move to some particular place, or “laid upon their...
Read more Lord, Teach Us To Pray
Have you ever felt helpless in prayer? Perhaps you have felt at a loss to know what to pray for, or even how to begin asking anything from God...
Read more Lessons From the Farm: Electric Fences
Over the years on the farm, I’ve thought about electric fences a lot, and I’ve had a few run-in’s...
Read more The Tendency to Drift
Drifting away from the pure and simple gospel of Jesus Christ is a common danger which faces us all. “Therefore we ought to give the more earnest...
Read more Why People Drift
The Hebrew writer issued a very clear warning about the danger of drifting away: “Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things...
Read more Responses to the Invitation
At every worship assembly, we generally provide the opportunity to respond publicly to the invitation. There are typically four general types of...
Read more A Great Opportunity for Area Young People
A great opportunity is coming up for young people with an interest in “matters which really matter.” Friday, October 1, 2021 will feature the...
Read more Our Mission (Part 3)
And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. Go ye therefore, and make...
Read more Our Mission (Part 2)
The congregation here at Central needs to be highly commended for its faithfulness in mission work, both in the United States and abroad. A church...
Read more Our Mission: Part 1
One of the last matters Jesus addressed before his ascension was what we know as the Great Commission. When you stop and think about it, Jesus...
Read more How to be Friendly
Almost everyone agrees that friendliness is a great asset in life. Although there are rare, highly-focused exceptions, the vast majority of...
Read more A Good Name
Successful, enduring companies understand the value of a good name. They guard their name with patent and copyright protections, and they...
Read more Dressing for Respect
In his bestseller 1975 book, Dress for Success, John T. Malloy popularized the concept of “power dressing,” the idea that how we...
Read more Heroes of Faith
Who is your hero? It may be a parent, a grandparent, a schoolteacher or early influence in your life, maybe a gospel preacher or some public...
Read more The “Flaw of the Excluded Middle”
In a play on words referring to a principle in logic dating from the work of Aristotle, anthropologist Paul G. Heibert in January, 1982 coined the...
Read more “Let My Conscience Rule”
How many times have you heard the expression, “Let your conscience be your guide” or something similar? Have you ever stopped to think about what...
Read more Growing Old Together
The gospel writer, Mark, tells of an incident in the life of Jesus where he fielded an interesting question about fasting: “Why don’t your...
Read more God, Give Us Christian Homes
In 1949 Baylus Benjamin McKinney (1886-1952) published the song, God Give Us Christian Homes. The first stanza reads as follows: “God...
Read more Why Did You Doubt?
And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” (Mt...
Read more The Gospel Can Reach Across Cultures
All people of the world need the saving gospel of Jesus Christ. And the gospel of Jesus Christ is up to the task. When we consider the many and...
Read more How to Love an “Unloveable” Wife
I’ve heard it any number of times, but still I never cease to be amazed when a spouse starts talking about leaving their mate because “they...
Read more Except the Lord Build the House
Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain, (Ps...
Read more The Psalms of Ascent
Psalms 120-134 were sung as pilgrims made their way up the Judean hills to Jerusalem to celebrate the three annual feasts of Israel. A sort of...
Read more Some Biblical Insights on Racism
“Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? To his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath...
Read more Crucified With Christ
There are several passages which speak of “dying” with Christ. Obviously, these are not teaching that we literally and physically died...
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